New calling

Steve got a new calling at church. Sorry to ALL of my family who is finding out about it right now as they read, because I haven't yet called them and told them. So Steve's new calling is....... 2nd counselor in the Elder's Quorum Presidency!
For now we are still teaching our Sunday school class, not sure what will happen there, it may end up that I teach by myself, which will be hard for me because I haven't actually participated in the lesson teaching in, oh, about seven and a half months. So maybe a new calling on the horizon for me?? Though I shouldn't speculate or hope for such things. I do love the kids in our Sunday school class, I am just terrified to teach by myself.

pictures from my dad visiting

Home today

I am home today. Not because I was late and got sent home (which happened a couple of weeks ago), but because I have to work at Ashley on Saturday because we are having a tent sale, and I am not allowed to get more than 40 hours a week, so I took today off. Simon is still in bed sleeping (weird) but I will let him sleep as long as he wants to. His sleep schedule doesn't really seem to be affected if he sleeps or if he doesn't. Last night we even put him in his bed when he was still awake. He cried and whined off and on a little for about 5 minutes and then fell asleep, but then at 4:30 there was a really loud sound in our house like blinds slamming down so he woke up and then came to bed with me.
In fun stuff I have gotten to see my dad lately. He spent the weekend with us and I really enjoyed it even though we didn't do a whole lot. I feel kind of like a lame host because I didn't have stuff planned for us to do while he was here, but I had fun at least, hopefully he did too. It was raining all weekend when he was here so we didn't get to geocaching like we wanted to. Of course it stopped raining on Sunday when my dad had to leave to go to his next job. But we will probably get to see him again in two weeks, and on Father's Day, so that is really exciting. I love my dad so much and I hardly ever get to see my parents. Last time I saw them was when Simon was born and my mom stayed with us for a month and my dad got to come for like two days for the blessing. Simon loves his Grampy and they had fun together. My dad is teaching Simon to raise his hands in the air and say "I am the best!" Of course Simon can't talk yet, but he still looks cute doing it, and maybe if we do it now, it will be one of the first things he really does learn to say. We also taught Simon the chicken dance. Mel took a video of itwith her camera, so I will have to get it from her to post.
Simon is insane lately. That boy can army crawl like none other, I can no longer leave him on the floor to play by himself and leave the room because I haven't baby-proofed our house yet and we have a lot of cords on the floor that he can get himself tangled up in. Yesterday Steve and I were on the computer and Simon was in the living room and he crawled across the floor to us and was playing with the computer and the headphones on the floor. Later he started out on his blanket and made his way over to his dad's Xbox 360, definitely not a Simon toy, so I had to move him away. We really need to get a small pack'n'play for him to be his new bed and play place, Steve's sister had one at their parents house on Sunday and the cousins played in for a little while, Simon didn't seem to mind being stuck in baby prison, and it let them play without getting trampled by the four dogs that were at Steve's parents house on Sunday. Simon is such a mama's boy. It makes Steve really sad, and I don't know what to do about it, but Simon just always reaches for me. Yesterday I got home and Simon was crying on the bed so Steve rescued Simon and then Simon heard me talking because he didn't know I was home yet, and he started looking around and reaching out of Steve's arms for me and he couldn't even see me yet, he just knew I was there. I feel so bad, because it is really hard on Steve. I try to tell him it's just because I have the booby juice, and that's why he wants me, but it doesn't help. Any suggestions on how to make your boy less of a mama's boy and want to play with his daddy more, I would really appreciate them. (and I'm sure Steve would too.)
I have a new addiction. Tangrams. Kyle brought them over on Thursday night, and I was doing them nonstop on Saturday, very fun! Anyways, this is it for now, I'm gonna go get Simon up aso we can play together, it is almost 11:30 and he is still in bed, so I should probably get him up and change his diaper at least!!

It's that time again...

Well everyone it's that time again. Time for my monthly blog update. After writing that title I realized the words "that time" is often used to mean something else, but that's not what I mean. So I am already awake and it's not even 7:30. I am so disappointed, I hate waking up early, and I love to sleep in until the last second possible. Steve just left with Simon to take him to his mom's while we both work this morning so I have the house to myself for an hour before I have to leave for work. Normally I go back to bed for about 45 minutes but I was feeling rather alert and decided to just stay awake. So I am sitting here typing away at my computer and listening to the birds outside my window. It is a beautiful spring morning in Reno.
I really don't have too much to blog about. Besides the joys my family brings me, my life is quite dull. This is how a typical day goes: I wake up, lay in bed and feed Simon, shower, get dressed, get Simon out of bed because he is crying, get my things ready for work, drop Simon off at daycare, go to work, pump three times during my breaks, go pick up Simon from daycare, go home, feed Simon, watch a movie feed Simon and eat dinner, go to bed and nurse Simon to sleep. Not too exciting, but now that the weather is warming up we can throw in something like go on a walk in the evening, or go in the backyard and grill.
Last night we were able to attend a fireside/type meeting for 9 stakes in Northern Nevada. It was for young single adults and young married couples and Elder Bednar and Elder Andersen of the Quorum of the twelve came to speak to us along with ElderZwick and one other Elder from the 70 I think but I already forgot who. It was very cool. Instead of doing the typical talks thing, they let people ask questions and they would answer. Very cool to have two apostles and get to pick their brain for guidance and counsel. They concentrated a lot in their answers on telling their opinions but also on making sure that we would seek out our own answers through prayer and study and personal revelation. I thought that was very important that they put such a focus on personal revelation because even though they are apostles of the Lord, they don't know what is best for each and every person in attendance that night, and so we all need to search for our own answers and go to the Lord in prayer. After the conference was over, we got in line and got to go up on stage to shake their hands. Simon already has first General Authority brag story, he has met two apostles already and they even shook his hand too!
In other news. Simon had a doctor's appointment Wednesday to get his 6 month shots. He started Army crawling on the table which was really exciting. He showed stranger anxiety for the first time. The doctor was checking out his eyes and ears and he couldn't see me or Steve and he got this terrified look on his face and he started crying (and this was before shots or needles) but as soon as he could see us he was fine again. He now weighs 16 lbs 1 ounce. Is 25 3/4 inches tall and his head circumferenec is 45.6 (I am guessing centimeters). So height and weight are 25th percentile, head circumference is 90th percentile. The doctor always gives us a paper with normal developmental things he should be doing between a certain age group, this time it is 6 to 9 months and he already does everything on the paper. I may just be one of those moms that thinks her child is the most amazing child in the world (which I do think) but Simon just seems so advanced to me and Steve. We are always comparing him to other babies around us and at church, at the store, everywhere, and he seems so different from them. Simon is so aware of everything around him. If he sees something he reaches and lunges for it and tries to wiggle/roll his way towards it so he can get it and put in his mouth. It is impossible to eat food when holding him, he wants to eat everything! You also can't get a drink without him trying to take your cup from you. He already knows how to dirnk out of a cup. The first time he tried he would have his tongue on the outside of the glass, but he learned quickly it doesn't really work that way and now drinks the right way. When I get a drink while he is in my lap, he will reach up for the glass and try to grab it out of my hands, then he will put one hand on each side of the glass and pull it up to his mouth so then I just tilt a little bit so he can get a little drink of water. And then if I try to take it away before heis done he will not let go of the glass and it is so hard to pry his little hands from the glass. Perhaps we will start a sippy cup soon... I'm not sure because I am kinda scared to because that means my little baby boy is already growing up.
On Monday we had a pretty bad scare. I was holding him while at the computer and I let him hold a piece of paper and next thing I know he had chewed up a lot of it and was choking on it, I didn't even notice, luckily Steve was ther. So he starts choking on it and throwing up and stuff and couldn't really breathe because these bits of paper were stuck in his throat. It was really scary but I just kept him leaned forward and was patting his back while he threw up all over the floor. He is fine now, but I was terrified.
For Mother's Day Steve got a potted orchid. It is a Phalaenopsis Rochid, and Leslie says they are the easiest, so I am going to try my luck with it, I hope I can give the attention and care it deserves. Then, for part of my mother's day present, we went out for lunch and on Thursday Steve had a massage therapist he knows come to our house and give me a one hour massage. It was sooooo nice! It was my first massage ever, and I loved it! Most amazing thing in the world. I would like to make it a regular habit, but it is expensive and we are saving up for a down payment on a house so its hard to justify that 70 dollars. Allthough I hope it becomes a regular part of my Mother's Day present, kind of like how flowers and a card are necessary for Mother's Day, for me it will be a card, potted plant, and massage! Steve also made me breakfast in bed Sunday morning, and got Simon a cute bib that says "I love Mommy", I think there was something else too, but I can't think of it right now, and I gotta hurry and go get ready for work since I have to be there in less than an hour and haven't showered yet, Yikes!! I have to hurry!

Pictures of Simon

Last night I started to post the picture and video of Simon rolling, but it wouldn't download, so I finally got it to work today. It shows that I posted it last night, because that's when I started working on it. I hate that about blogger, they put the time you start working on a post as the time it is published instead of the time you actually publish. For that reason no one ever saw my Christmas pictures, but they are down there. Here are some pictures of Simon in no particular order.

Simon helping me with laundry

Sleeping in the car, holding my hand, and chewing on his giraffe.

Simon on the left, Zane on the right. Cousins just hanging out in their carseats.

Just hanging out gtting his diaper changed. He did this all by himself, no posing involved!

Vovo playing with her grandsons. Simon is the lower one, Zane in the middle.

The men playing chess, Simon seemed so interested in the game.

Rolling and pictures

Sp immediately after I posted that last blog, I took Simon over to the blanket for some tummy time, I reached behind me to grab the camera from the computer desk and before I could get it turned on, Simon rolled over! I turned him back on his tummy while I turned on the camera and didn't get it on fast enough for him to roll over again! I got this picture, took a break, changed his diaper and then went back to the blanket, turned the camera on first, and got him doing this! 5 times so far today!!

What?? A new post!?

Yes, believe it or not, I am finally updating my blog! So what is new you ask?? Just a few things... Last week we skipped church Sunday, it snowed Monday, Simon had the flu Tuesday and Wednesday, Steve had midterms, Steve started his second job on Monday, we all got very little sleep, I missed out on 5 hours of work, and in good news Saturday Steve found out he got accepted into the nursing program.
So Sunday we were bad and skipped church. It was stake conference, a broadcast from Salt Lake with President Monson and Elder Bednar speaking. It was a wonderful, relaxing day. All three of us slept in late, I cooked us breakfast and then we went on a nice walk, borrowed Eliza from Mel and Jared, and went down to the river. The rest of the day we just hung out around the house and relaxed. If we hadn't had such a relaxing Sunday we probably would have killed each other or our selves later on in the week.
So Steve started a second job on top of school and the 20 hours he works for Comfort Keepers. He was hired to work Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 6 pm to midnight. Last week he worked Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. They were nice and gave him yesterday off, right? Wrong, he went in today to get his check and they told him he has to work tonight. That sucks. Alot. On top of that he stayed home most of Tuesday and Wednesday with Simon because Simon had the flu and couldn't go to daycare. So his new job is at a place called "The Perfect Donut" and he makes donuts.
Steve got accepted into nursing school at UNR!! he is now a nursing student officially!!
and in other news Simon rolled over today for the first time, twice! We didn't actually see it because he did it at daycare, but it is really exciting for us!
I am getting sick of typing with one hand.